AP: Iran reiterated Sunday that it won’t accept any proposal depriving it of the right to enrich uranium, saying it can’t be bullied into giving up its nuclear energy program, state media reported.
“Tehran will accept only proposals that meet Iran’s national interests and its legitimate right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology,” state-run television quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi as saying.
Iran: Proposals won’t stop nuclear program
Tempting Tehran
TIME Magazine: On one subject, at least, Europe and the U.S. are united: neither wants Iran to get the bomb. But officials on both sides of the Atlantic are pessimistic about a deal with Tehran that could prevent it from developing the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. “We’re giving it another try, but there’s
a lot of skepticism,” says one European diplomat.
Russia urges Iran nuclear action
BBC: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Iran must take more steps to dispel concern about its nuclear programme, Russian media have reported. He said Iran should ratify a protocol signed last year with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and end its uranium enrichment programme. Iran says it will reject any proposal for a complete halt to such activities.
Iranian soldier kills guest in party raid
AFP: An Iranian soldier has been charged with killing a party-goer during a raid on an illegal mixed-sex gathering, the student news agency ISNA reported Saturday.
Security forces raided the party in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, and one soldier opened fire, shooting dead one of the guests.
Iranian thief loses his fingers
AFP: An Iranian man convicted of a series of robberies has had four fingers on his right hand amputated in public, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported Saturday.
The man, who was only identified as Hamid H., was reportedly caught by locals in the southwestern city of Ahvaz while he was out on a burglary in September 2003.
Iraqi police arrest 135 infiltrators from Iran
Xinhuanet: Iraqi police have arrested 135 Afghanis and Pakistanis who infiltrated from the Iraqi-Iranian border, the Al Sabah Al Jadid newspaper reported on Saturday. “Border guards forces, a department of the Iraqi police, carriedout a search campaign in villages and border areas with Iran and arrested 135 infiltrators carrying Afghani and Pakistani nationalities,” a police source was quoted as saying.
13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi was condemned to death by stoning after giving birth to a child in prison 2 weeks ago.
13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi was condemned to death by stoning after giving birth to a child in prison 2 weeks ago.
Iran and Syria threaten Iraqi democracy
RPS News: In an interview of the Iraqi journalist Mohammed Khalaf on Radio Free Syria, Mr. Khalaf confirmed that democracy in Iraq is contingent upon the taming of Iran and Syria, both destructive forces against a rising Iraqi democracy. In Iraq, Mr. Khalaf was able to obtain intelligence on the ground that confirmed that Iran and Syria are assisting the insurgents for the sole aim to destroy the country.
Iran to sign contract with France’s Total on phase 11 of South Pars gas field
IRNA: Iran will sign a contract with France’s Total Company on development of phase 11 of South Pars gas field and the LNG production unit. The Persian-language daily ‘Abrar-e Eqtesadi’ on Saturday quoted Managing Director of Iran’s National Oil Company (NIOC) Mehdi Mirmoezzi as saying Total Company won the tender for development of phase 11, adding talks are currently underway to finalize the contract.
